Last month, the 33-year-old pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.

He has been sentenced to 30 weeks in prison and disqualified from driving for more than 18 months.

Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "This was an accident which could have easily been prevented and your contribution to that accident is significant in as much as you were distracted, the distraction being as a result of you using your mobile phone before the actual collision.

Image:Chris Boardman described the loss of his mother as 'horrifically life-changing'

"Any accident which results in someone losing their life is the most appalling tragedy, the more so when the deceased, as here, was well loved and, as I have indicated already, a pretty remarkable woman."

Mrs Boardman suffered multiple injuries when she was hit by the Mitsubishi pick-up truck after falling from her bike on a mini-roundabout in Connah's Quay, North Wales.

Mold Crown Court heard that shortly before the crash, Rosney made or received three phone calls while driving his vehicle. He did not have a hands-free facility set up.

Prosecutor Matthew Curtis said: "It's clear he was speaking to his wife on the telephone four seconds before the fatal collision and he was, we submit, still distracted by the telephone call and mobile telephone handset."

Rosney's lawyer Oliver Jarvis said his client "says that he has destroyed the lives of two families and therefore nothing I say will seek to undermine that guilty plea."